President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he was immediately rescinding temporary deportation protections for Somalis living in Minnesota.
“I am, as President of the United States, hereby terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
“Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great State, and BILLIONS of Dollars are missing,” he wrote, suggesting that Minnesota was “a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity.”
“Send them back to where they came from.”
The Biden administration renewed Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in 2023 for more than 2,600 Somalis, citing conflict in their home country. The extension was effective for 18 months and included work authorization….
Trump Ends Deportation Protections for Somalis in Minnesota
